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Joint media releases

Release date (field_release_date)
25/10/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Victoria Police, Department of Home Affairs, Australian Border Force

Two people have been arrested after an investigation into an organised crime syndicate allegedly importing and distributing tens of millions of dollars of illicit drugs into Melbourne and operating a drug ‘safe house’.

09/10/2022
Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Two men have been arrested in Melbourne after authorities seized more than 300 kilograms of liquid MDMA hidden in a consignment of French wine bottles.

23/09/2022
NSW Police Force, Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Five men have been arrested after police seized more than $80 million of methylamphetamine (ice), firearms, and $1.7 million cash, during a multi-agency police operation spanning three states.

20/08/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, NSW Police Force, Australian Border Force, NSW Crime Commission, US Homeland Security Investigations

A New South Wales man, 50, has been jailed following an international, multi-agency investigation into the importation of 188 kilograms of cocaine supplied by a Mexican drug cartel in 2019.

31/07/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Taxation Office, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, AUSTRAC and Australian Border Force

The AFP-led Criminal Assets Confiscation Taskforce (CACT) has restrained more than $10 million dollars in assets – including eight ACT properties, four high-end vehicles, luxury goods, cash and cryptocurrencies – amid an international money laundering investigation.

30/07/2022
NSW Police Force, Queensland Police Service, Australian Federal Police, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, NSW Crime Commission

Police have dismantled a clandestine laboratory and seized prohibited drugs, cash, luxury cars and jewellery, following the conclusion of a joint-agency police operation conducted across Northern NSW and south-east Queensland targeting organised criminal networks.

15/07/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

A Sydney father and son with alleged links to Middle Eastern organised crime have been charged with importing 66 kilograms of cocaine discovered in car tyres in Western Australia.

11/07/2022
Australian Federal Police, Australian Border Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Department of Home Affairs

The AFP has charged four West Australians during an investigation into a transnational drug trafficking syndicate after 66 kilograms of cocaine – worth about $23.7 million ­‑ was seized in Perth.

17/05/2022
Australian Federal Police, Western Australia Police Force, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and Australian Border Force

A NSW man and a German national with suspected links to organised crime have been charged by the AFP for allegedly importing 320kg of cocaine into Western Australia.

16/05/2022
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, Australian Federal Police, NSW Police Force, NSW Crime Commission

The NSW Police Force has announced a new taskforce to coordinate the investigations and operations to target those involved in recent fatal shootings and associated organised criminal activities.